Cojo,
When you have Avast installed, can you check what files are loaded…
Right mouse click on the ‘time’ in the ‘Taskbar’ and select ‘Taskmanager’ from the menu.
Click on the ‘Processes’ tab and check to see which of these programs ae running;-
aswUpdSv.exe
ashMaiSv.exe
ashServ.exe
ashDisp.exe
Any/all ??
ashServ.exe
aswUpdSv.exe
are the only ones showing as processing
CoJo